- beginning, the
Birkebeiners had the
upper hand for most of the conflict's duration. King
Haakon IV was the
ultimate victor for the
Birkebeiners in 1217. In...
- let
himself be
persuaded to
become the
Birkebeiners' next leader. Upon Sverre's
initial contact, the
Birkebeiners had been
reduced to a
ragtag army of brigands...
- The
American Birkebeiner, or Birkie, is the
largest cross-country
skiing race in
North America. It
debuted in 1973 and is a
founding member of the Worldloppet...
- the
civil war era in
Norway during the 13th-century. In
Norway 1204,
Birkebeiners and king
Haakon Sverresson possess the
throne in Nidaros. They are threatened...
-
Canadian Birkebeiner is the
largest classic style cross-country ski
event in
Western Canada.
Founded in 1985, it is one of
three Birkebeiner Loppets held...
- Baglar-King) to
depose King
Sverre Sigurdsson. It
contested with the
Birkebeiners,
essentially a
faction of peasants, led by the
pretender King Sverre...
-
hunting Haakon, a
group of
Birkebeiners fled with the
child in the
winter of 1205/06,
heading for Inge Bårdsson, the new
Birkebeiner king in
Nidaros (now Trondheim)...
- been
attacked by the
Birkebeiners in Nidaros, and
after wandering for a
couple of days took
refuge in Helgeseter. The
Birkebeiners set fire to the monastery...
- blue sky. The
design symbolizes the
historical importance of when the
Birkebeiners carried the ****ure King
Haakon from
Lillehammer to Rena on skis. There...
- war era. As a
grandson of King Sverre, he was
proclaimed king by the
Birkebeiner faction when he was just four
years old.
Although obviously not in control...
